<P>A memoir of growing up in mob-run Sin City from a casino heir-turned-governor who’s seen two sides of every coin <P><P>When Bob Miller arrived in Las Vegas as a boy, it was a small, dusty city, a far cry from the glamorous, exciting place it is today. Driving the family car was his father Ross Miller, a tough guy—though a good family man—who had operated on both sides of the law on some of the meaner streets of industrial Chicago.<BR><BR>The Miller family was as close and as warm as “Ozzie and Harriet,” as long as you knew that Ozzie was a bookmaker and a business acquaintance of some very dubious criminal types.<BR><BR>As Bob grew up, so did Vegas, now a “town” of some two million. Ross Miller became a respectable businessman and partner in a major casino, though he was still capable of settling a score with his fists.<BR><BR>And Bob went on to law school, entering law enforcement and eventually becoming a popular governor of Nevada, holding office longer than anybody in the state’s history. And the Miller family's legacy continues. Bob's own son is presently serving as Secretary of State.<BR><BR>A warm family memoir, the story of a city heir, with just a little bit of <I>The Godfather</I> and <I>Casino</I> thrown in for spice, <I>Son of a Gambling Man </I>is a unique and thoroughly memorable story.